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Date: 6 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000705

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 6 March 2012. Shows images of demolition crews, inspectors, sewerage tankers, trucks (one fittingly called 'Red Zone'), cranes, aftershock damage, remedial work (bracings) on buildings, construction workers, mannequins (running joke after earthquake), protection of historic trees, scaffolding, old truck tyres made into impact barriers, and intersection views. Also shows detailed damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (particularly the rose window and bell tower) and the demolition of the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 06 - CBD Red Zone" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).

Date: 13 Dec 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000646

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Particularly aerial views of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows aerial views of the demolition and empty sites of iconic landmarks in the Central District Business. Also shows the makeshift shipping containers in Cashel Mall in Christchurch Central. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Aerial CBD selected" Quantity: 44 digital photograph(s).

Date: 13 Dec 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000662

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Shows aerial photographs of Christchurch city documenting the damage, including Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Flying - selected" Quantity: 104 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2 May 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000743

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 2 May 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows bumper sticker ('Kia kaha I'm staying Christchurch), Unlimited School, Christchurch Cathedral, Canterbury Provincal Council Chambers, Alice in Videoland sign, restoration work on buildings in High Street, views of buildings (including Westpac building, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr), Hotel Grand Chancellor and Crowne Plaza demolition, Clarendon Tower, Magistrates Court repair, pavement deformation from liquifaction, workers doing remedial work to buildings, repair work on Edmonds Clock Tower, new construction at 75 Manchester Street, demolition of 248 High Street, street views of intersections of Colombo & Gloucester, Armagh & Colombo, Gloucester & Manchester, Hereford & Manchester, Cashel & Manchester streets, Chancery Lane, Central Library (exterior and interior views), overgrown gardens in Victoria Square, Medlab building under demolition, memorial tributes at PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, 'Info Gap' on the corner of Colombo and Petersborough streets (Students from University of Technology Sydney urban design projects). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 02 - CBD" Quantity: 118 digital photograph(s).

Date: 8 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000724

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 8 February 2011. Particularly of Christchurch City CBD, Riccarton and Bealey. Shows photographs of the temporary InterCity bus depot and Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container at Bealey Avenue, damaged Christchurch Cathedral (including the salvaged spire), Central Library in Petersborough Street, make-shift coffee shops in Colombo Street, people witnessing the demolition of a Brannigans building, workers on the site of the Provincial Council Chambers, demolition of the Gallery Apartments, stencillism art, Archives NZ building in Christchurch, Under the Red Verandah (cafe & restaurant), damage to St James Church and Antonio House on Riccarton Road, tombstone of Sibylla Emily Maude (pioneer nurse), St Peter's Anglican Church, the site and remaining rubble, bell tower and oak tree of St Luke's Church, a memorial on the fence outside the St Luke's Church site of 185 crosses signifying the deaths on Feb 22, demolition workers, demolition of Crowne Plaza, cafes and restaurants on Victoria Street, and views from the roof of the BNZ Building (Cathedral Square) showing many of building in the process of being demolished or yet to be demolished (Triangle Chambers, Millennium Hotel, City Council Building in Tuam Street, Holiday Inn Hotel, Police Station, Ibis Hotel, MFL Building, Grant Thornton Building, Christchurch Cathedral, Pacific Tower, Clarendon Towers, Rydes Hotel, Government Life building, Farmers building, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 8 - City, CBD, Riccarton, Bealey" Quantity: 114 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000763

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 3 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of demolition sites and recovery efforts in Christchurch central city (CBD). Includes views taken around Oxford Terrace and Madras Street showing graffiti on sign for an alternative location for the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Sunday morning service at the church demolition site on Madras Street, the Edmonds Clock tower under repair on grass at the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace, shows top section removed from bottom section and covered in plywood and duct tape, and a side view of the the ACC building at 258 Oxford Terrace showing bare trees reflected in blue mirror tiles, one tile missing Includes views of two Gap Filler projects, the urban garden landscape at 822 Colombo Street surrounded by graffiti street art murals, and the Butterfly Gap project on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Worcester Street consisting of a colourfully painted shed with butterfly motifs and fabric covered metal cylinders next to the street signs Includes views taken on Kilmore Street showing demolition site of commercial property building at 151 Kilmore Street (Medlab building), shows vast pile of rubble, a digger and shipping container beside half demolished walls, a pile of broken plasterboard and site office next to twisted rubble of building seen from corner of Peterborough and Kilmore Streets, signs saying 'MacKay Leighs Demolition Ltd', 'Site Hazard Board' and 'No Entry' on wire fence in front of badly damaged building at 151 Kilmore Street Includes ground level view of demolition rubble pile on the Christchurch Convention Centre site in front of the Central Library Petersborough, part of Christchurch City Libraries, on Kilmore Street Includes exterior views of new Press House building at 158 Gloucester Street at dusk showing office lights on for The Press newspaper staff and cars parked outside, view from Cathedral Square shows red brick rubble and Cathedral Vistors Centre building in foreground (The Press staff are first to return to central city after red zone cordon was reduced 15 May 2012) Includes views of damaged Christchurch Cathedral showing pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored, steel structure beside half demolished church, Portacom unit, portaloo and digger in foreground of Citizens War Memorial (or Soldiers War Memorial) and Cathedral. Includes views of 185 Chairs, an art installation by artist Peter Majendie which is a memorial for the 185 people who died as result of February 22 2011 earthquake, shows installation of white chairs and carrycot set beneath autumn coloured trees on site of the destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing two Jurgens excavators with nibbler attachments beside building at 814 Colombo Street, view of barriers and road signs along Colombo Street looking towards the Chalice in the Square (Cathedral Square) from the cordon Includes views taken on Armagh Street, bare autumn trees beside Price Waterhouse Coopers building under deconstruction, several cranes surrounding the Ernst & Young, Forsyth Barr and Price Waterhouse Coopers buildings Includes views taken along the River Avon, a view looking west from the Manchester Street bridge along the river lined with Price Waterhouse Coopers building, a crane and the Edmonds Band Rotunda, a closer view showing the damaged wall lining the section of the Avon River near the Edmonds Band Rotunda, and Charles Luney House at 250 Oxford Terrace reflected in the river Includes exterior view of the Theosophical Society building as it is being prepared for demolition, cracks visible in facade and a 'BFC Group Ltd Contracting' digger in foreground Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 03 - City" Quantity: 30 digital photograph(s).

Date: 5 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000765

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 5 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly wide shots taken from roofline and ground level shots of Christchurch central business district buildings under demolition. Includes cityscape views taken from the roof of Alice in Videoland business at corner of Tuam and High streets showing remaining central city buildings surrounded by vacant lots, specifically bicycles outside Le Petite Croix and the back of the Yellow Cross Bar and Pizzeria buildings on Sol Square, views looking down High Street to Cathedral Square at cranes working on ANZ, BNZ, Grant Thornton building, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower and Clarendon Tower, the demolition site of Strange & Co building near Lincoln House and Bonnington House at corner of High Street and Lichfield Streets, kinetic sculpture 'Nucleus' by Phil Price at intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets (Holiday Inn in background), looking west down Tuam Street past Odeon Theatre and Canterbury Brewery, the fly tower of the Odeon Theatre, two views looking across roofs at cranes near Clarendon Towers in Oxford Terrace, plus Westpac Bank, Grant Thornton House, ANZ bank, BNZ bank and Holiday Inn (all for demolition), looking down at foundations for the EPIC technology centre (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus) on Manchester and Tuam streets, looking north east at IRD building behind CF Cotter & Co, Goodbye Blue Monday bar and Twisted Hop Real Ale Brew pub on Poplar Lane and Lichfield Street, looking west across Manchester street along Tuam Street past Sol Square, Real Groovy shop and EPIC technology centre, looking south and south east along Manchester and Tuam streets at construction work on EPIC technology centre (new build) next to damaged McKenzie & Willis building, looking east at McKenzie & Willis building near Poplar Street, Poplar Lane and Tuam street. Includes views of CBD buildings designated for demolition or under repair taken from ground level on High Street, showing Westpac Tower, Grant Thornton House, ANZ and Holiday Inn on High Street, steel framework against the facade of the McKenzie & Willis Ltd building corner of High and Tuam streets while under repair, rubbish hanging out of broken mirror walls and digger beside debris outside building at Hallensteins and Unlimited Paenga School site Includes views of CBD buildings taken from ground level in Hereford street, showing demolition crew and digger on pile of rubble from demolished BNZ bank in foreground of All Seasons Hotel and Holiday Inn in Cashel street, cracks on facade of damaged Anglican Centre at Allan Pyatt House, workers on cherry picker crane outside the repaired Ibis Hotel before reopening, concrete cutter with workmen salvaging steel into bins on huge debris pile, the BNZ bank covered in netting while under demolition Includes views of CBD buildings taken from ground level on Cashel Street, showing All Seasons Hotel, looking west along Cashel Street from Manchester Street intersection at tall crane and rubble below office buildings, a painted old advertisement on brick building revealed after demolition of Grumpy Mole building at Cashel and Manchester Streets, earth pile and diggers on site of demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor with Te Waipounamu House in background, the long reach excavator 'Twinkle Toes' ready to start work on the Holiday Inn, a bare tree in the middle of rubble on the site of the demolished Grumpy Mole with Holiday Inn and Westpac Tower behind Includes view of CBD buildings taken at ground level in Manchester street, looking at fenced off vacant lot and 'Twinkle Toes' excavator next to Holiday Inn and other buildings to be demolished, All Seasons Hotel on right, 'Leigh's Construction' and scaffolding surrounding half built Westende Building (new build) on corner of Manchester and Worcester streets Includes views taken at ground level on Worcester street, showing damaged former Trinity Congregational Church building, crane outside Radio Network House as it was being readied for demolition by implosion, the mural 'Here are the people and there is the steeple' (Steeple people) by Kay Rosen on the east wall of the Christchurch City Art Gallery, looking over to the Forsyth Barr building on Armagh street, a crane near Price Waterhouse Coopers building on Armagh street while under demolition with scaffolding over the Isaac Theatre Royal in foreground (restoration) Includes views taken at ground level in Cathedral Square showing wild grass outside damaged Christchurch Cathedral with former Government Life building behind, broken roof tiles on the south west corner of the Cathedral, a staircase from the BNZ Bank being winched past the Millennium Hotel on the Square Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 05 - CBD' Quantity: 44 digital photograph(s).

Date: 23 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000774

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 23 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of Christchurch central business district street corners, buildings and demolition work within the red zone cordon. Includes views taken on Oxford Terrace showing Durhams truck carrying diggers to a new site Includes views taken on Gloucester Street showing Crystal Plaza arcade stripped out and ready for demolition Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing McDonalds and TimeZone, Christchurch Town Hall, Ballantynes department store open for business Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets showing Copthorne Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers building, Victoria Square, Forsyth Barr building, Isaac House, Victoria Square Apartments Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets showing Forsyth Barr building, Farmers car park, Price Waterhouse Coopers, new Press building, Novotel Hotel, Rendezvous Hotel, Camelot Hotel, Christchurch Cathedral, Government Life Insurance building, 720 Colombo Street, Telecom Exchange building, new public access point in cordon on Gloucester Street, soldiers manning the cordon entry point Includes views taken on Cathedral Square showing top half of old Christchurch Central Post Office, Telecom Exchange building, Clarendon Towers under demolition and Rydges Hotel, soldiers manning the red zone cordon entry point and a new public access point on the cordon Includes views taken at the intersection of Hereford, Colombo and High Streets showing the ANZ and BNZ bank buildings, Holiday Inn, the 'Flour Power' sculpture by Regan Gentry, tram tracks Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing Gough House under demolition, Shands Emporium (wooden building with tyres on roof), Vero House, Christchurch Central Police Station Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Cashel streets showing Triangle Centre partially demolished, Hotel All Seasons, big crane working on Westpac Tower, The Crossing (housed Discovery1 primary school), the air bridge and Ballantynes, and ReSTART: Cashel Mall as seen behind cordon barriers Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing BNZ building, remains of Triangle Centre and Hallensteins building and Te Waipounamu House (on Hereford Street) Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Lichfield streets showing Frontrunner, R & R Sport and Bivouac shops, and barriers Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester, High and Cashel Streets showing Majestic Theatre, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower, Bonnington House, ANZ Bank, the 'Nucleus' kinetic sculpture by Phil Price, tram tracks, shipping containers and vacant lots from demolished buildings Includes view taken at intersection of Lichfield and Manchester Street showing rubble on site of demolished Ruben Blades Hair Academy (fomerly Ridley's building) Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester and Hereford Streets showing China Bistro, Dick Smith electronics shop Includes view taken on Manchester Street of Trinity Congregational Church Includes view taken at intersection of Worcester and Colombo Streets showing Radio Network House pre demolition and Westende House (new build) Includes view taken on Armagh Street showing damaged Canterbury Provinical Council Chambers Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 23 - CBD red zone' Quantity: 78 digital photograph(s).

Date: 15 June 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000833

Description: Photographs relating to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes taken by Ross Becker on 15 June 2011. These were taken in the CBD (central business district) within the red zone area which was cordoned off after 22 February 2011 earthquake. Majority of images are long shots and closer details of damage to buildings and streets, some of which occurred after the 13 June 2011 aftershock 6.3 earthquake. Details show cracks in facades and pavements, rubble, partially demolished buildings, broken windows. A smaller number of images show people at work in the red zone, including photographer Ross Becker posing with his camera and tripod. Includes scenes of Civil Defence headquarters in the foyer of Christchurch Art Gallery, and an exterior shot of Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker talking to two men outside the gallery. Also scenes of City Council and DOC (Department of Conservation) command unit trailers in park. Includes views of damage to buildings on High Street, the Highpara (former Para Building), Holiday Inn, the intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester Street, "Nucleus" sculpture and Strange & Co building (including merged image). Includes views of Lichfield street, Ash Street (Ash Lane or Lichfield Lanes) area, and corner of Lichfield Street and Madras Street, scaffolding fallen off 68 Lichfield Street (Dowsons Shoes), the corner of Lichfield and Colombo Streets. Includes views on Bedford Row, showing Bedford Pub, 30 Bedford Row, 14 and 10 Bedford Row. Includes views on Manchester Street showing Peaches and Cream, the Excelsior Hotel (Excelsior Backpackers), the collapsed garage at 292 Manchester street, the cleared site of 188 after demolition, showing damage after 13 June quake, Trinity Congregational Church, The Civic (former city council Civic Chambers at 194-198), 239-243, 245, 265, (Mapworld), St Lukes Church, close views of liquefaction, SBS Bank, "Road Closed' sign, corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. Includes views on Tuam Street showing crew in crane suspended personnel platform, views of corner of Tuam and Manchester streets, south east corner of Tuam and Colombo Street (626 Colombo Street). Includes views of cleared site on Montreal Street, and views on Armagh Street, including the site of the demolished Windsor Hotel (formerly Warwick House) at 52 Armagh Street, the site of the demolished Cranmer Centre (former Christchurch Girls High School), policeman, army soldier and demolition crew at red zone cordon entry point on Armagh Street, 154-156 Armagh Street, liquefaction by park. Includes views on Colombo Street, showing 632, 622-624, 772 Colombo Street (The Vic and Whale building, formerly T.J Armstrong & Company drapery). Includes views on Worcester Street, showing the Press building, Novotel, Metro Gold Cinema, Kaplan College and Design and Arts College building, Christchurch Arts Centre, notes of support for Dux de Lux restaurant on wire fence. Includes views on Gloucester Street showing the River Avon, south west corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets, partially demolished 221 Gloucester Street, Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings. Includes views taken on New Regent Street and Oxford Terrace (autumn leaves by fence and damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church). Includes views taken on Park Terrace (or Rolleston Avenue) showing Titan cranes and crew working on Christ's College. Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing stacks of concrete tiles, Christchurch Central Police Station, former Canterbury Public Library (Library Chambers) and Children's Library, Christchurch City Council Civic Building. Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing Bridge of Remembrance archway on Cashel Street bridge, office buildings, Hotel Grand Chancellor. Includes views taken around Cathedral Square showing Christchurch Cathedral, Regent Theatre (formerly Royal Exchange) with its dome sitting nearby on ground. Includes views taken on Cambridge Terrace showing office building, stonework of former Canterbury Public Library, and Madras Street showing a knitted sheep figure on a fence (guerilla knitting), River Avon. Includes views taken on Kilmore Street showing damaged St Luke's Church, liquefaction outside townhouses, danger signs. Quantity: 268 digital photograph(s).